For the purposes of the establishment of the amount and the determination of payment entitlements in the framework of the integration of the fruit and vegetable sector in the single payment scheme, Articles 37 and 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall apply subject to the rules established in Article 48g of this Regulation and, in case the Member State has made use of the option provided for in Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, in Article 48h of this Regulation.

Without prejudice of Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 795/2004, for allocating payments entitlements deriving from the integration of fruits and vegetables sector in the single payment scheme, Member States may proceed to the identification of the eligible farmers as from 1 January 2008 .

As the case may be, Article 41(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall apply to the value of all the payment entitlements existing before the integration of fruit and vegetable support and to the reference amounts calculated for fruit and vegetable support.

The percentage of reduction fixed by the Member State in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall apply to the reference amounts corresponding to fruit and vegetable products integrated in the single payment scheme.

The five-year period provided for in Article 42(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall not restart for the payment entitlements coming from the national reserve whose amount has been recalculated or increased in accordance with Articles 48g and 48h of this Regulation.

For the purpose of the application of Article 7(1), Articles 12 to 17, Article 20 and Article 27 of this Regulation in relation to the fruit and vegetable sector, the first year of application of the single payment scheme shall be the year of the determination by the Member State of the amounts and eligible hectares as referred to in point M of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, taking account of the optional transitional three years' period referred to in the third paragraph of that point.